Windows 10: MS Photo Designer app freezes

When I open Photo Designer after signing in the selected photo becomes a black screen.I can edit a photo using the photo app. Once I click the Designer icon in the upper right, the screen either goes black, or just simply freezes. Tested this on multiple machines. Win 11 Enterprise Core i5 16GB RamWin 11 Pro - i5 13400 F 16GB Ram - RTX4060Win 10 Pro - i5 8300H 16 GB RamIs this just not ready for release?

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is the new photo app for a daily use by designers?

Hi Incearca,

Using the Photos app, you'll be able to see all your photos, not just from your PC, but from your phone and other devices where you've logged in your OneDrive account. For more information, please check out this
link.

With regard to the features you want available in Photos app, we suggest that you share with us your feedback to help us enhance the app. To send a feedback, follow these steps:

• Open the Photos app.
• In the left pane, click Settings (gear icon).
• Scroll down and click on Send Feedback.

Feel free to let us know if you need further assistance.

Regards.

 

MS Photos app freezing while searching for new photos

I am attempting to move files from my iPhone X to my Windows 10 laptop via the Photos app. I have done this numerous times in the past including recently.

I plugged in my phone via USB cable, the photos app opens and begins searching for new photos and videos, it finds what I believe to be all of my media files, and freezes. The "looking for new photos and videos" window doesn't close. I can't cancel and have
to hard close the app.

I've waited 20 minutes for it to fix itself with no results.

I've tried refreshing, restoring and reinstalling the app with no results. I've also signed in with both a MS account and local account as answers to similar questions have suggested. Still no change.

This is frustrating. Please assist.

 

Lost default photo viewer after profile rebuild

Thanks Brink. I've tried those steps before i started searching Google. After the profile rebuild i don't have the Photo app listed to choose to make it default in either the system settings for default apps or the Open With option.

I can't even find it doing a search. Seems to have been removed somehow with the profile rebuild, which doesn't make sense.

Might be helpful to list what i've done I've done the open with check, the choose default program in the system menu, tried that in device manager default programs also. I've checked the programs and features Turn windows features on/off and it's not listed there (never thought it was but that was a suggestion), searched the MS Store, it's not listed there either.

I don't like playing in the registry unless i have defined steps and haven't found anything for this yet, just the Win7 version like in my OP.